The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health

Research

Research in Women’s Health in the
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at Einstein

The
Department has a very active and growing research enterprise encompassing the
broad scope of Women’s Health.This
includes gynecologic cancers, sexually transmitted infections, genetics
disorders, reproductive endocrine diseases, gynecological diseases, obstetrics,
sexuality and patient safety.The scope
of our research programs encompasses women’s health issues across her
reproductive life including her primary care, cancer prevention and treatment,
mother-child health, sexual health, fertility and estrogen-dependent issues in
menopause.Our research mission is to
provide our patients access to state-of-the-art clinical trials and pursue
timely bench-to-bedside research to help improve the health and lives of
women.

Our departmental research portfolio has undergone considerable growth in
the past decade.Currently, our
Department is nationally ranked in the top 25 institutions in NIH funding in Obstetrics
and Gynecology.The departmental
research portfolio includes a mix of basic science, translational and clinical
research.At any given time in our
Department, we have on average around 80 patient-oriented active clinical
research trials to offer to patients throughout the tri-state area.The mix of trials includes NIH-sponsored cooperative
group trials, investigator initiated clinical trials using innovative drugs and
devices, as well as translational ‘bed-to- bench’ research where we are investigating
new pathways that have considerable potential to improve diseases that affect
women. Investigators in our Department
work closely with investigators in other Einstein Departments and Centers in
order to comprehensively approach solutions to complex diseases through close
cross-disciplinary activities.

We have developed an infrastructure that fosters and promotes creativity,
innovation and transdisciplinary collaborations.In our Department, independent thinking and
creativity are encouraged in research in order to solve some of the most
complicated problems that affect women. As such, our organizational research structure
promotes creativity and opportunities to be able to tackle these issues in ways
that have not been previously accomplished.